One of the most highly-anticipated graphics processors from NVIDIA Corp. has finally seen the light of the day. While the chip has everything the GeForce FX boasted it delivers cutting-edge performance times ahead of the previous leaders. Make sure to check out the in-depth analysis of the GeForce 6 architecture and be inspired by performance figures in 22 game benchmarks!

Simulators

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Flight sims are processor-dependant games by their very nature. They require processing of a complex physical flight model, which is performed by the CPU. So we only see some difference in the results of the cards in high resolutions where the speed of the graphics card, rather than that of the CPU, is more important.

Strangely enough, the GeForce 6800 Ultra lost its first position to the RADEON 9800 XT starting from 1280x1024 resolution in the eye-candy mode. What’s the reason? It seems like the driver is again to bear the blame.